The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-05-05

..MIssING TOURasTs.-

The T1maeO-UnfO0 Rervert1 Truth
and Assaulas Facts anA Figures -
MaIaaain ias Rasn0as Statements.
From ths Jselsoavius HsaA, HgaI
The HcraH has no desire for . Newspaper con-
roversy;over eur winter tourists. and, 20 far
from q wish TO antagonixe . statement, simply
because business contemporary has made it,
the record of this journal viii show that We are
willing at all times to work in harmony with
any force or any influence that acts for the good
of Florida, whether thai influence be friendly or
hostile to our individual INTEREST," And for our
selves, We have long since disapproved both
frrm principle and policy, the habit Of cxagger-
alton and misrepresentation in the effort TO ben
eft and boom the State
With this reasonable exordium let the HerGld
saw that tie journalistic Bear Of our tourist mar
ket has exhausted the capacity ofbfass-mounted,
copper toed and deliberate Misrepresentation in
the two column article published under glowing
head lines in the 1smes- Uaioa Of Sunday
In order to carry his point, and to Justify an
uBiruthful and damaging assertion, he ID willing
10 stab the State, and, in delivering the blow, he
cuts through the truth, and the facts, and his
own previous assertions, and confronting evil
deDce OF his misrepresentation.
Figures are the George Washington of argu-
ment and it is said and believed that figures
cannot lie" But this man, rather than give in
10 truth and his States good. is willing to per-
vert figures to falseheod, and to make an Ana
Mas Of fact.
Let us consider the matter.
In Sundays Times Union there are two col
umns of plsusibly tabulated figures, and sephis-
iically elaboraied statements, whose result is
announced in glowing headlines as q proof Of
the Times Unions' damaging article Of the ear
dtot the arTioal Of tie present. season are nine
Mousand, seoen hundred and fly les than taose
Of last season!
It is Notifying to humanity TO consider the
unfair and untruthful method by which this
damaging estimate Is obtained and published to
dred and forty eight hotels are asserted IS the
elements Of this computation. Let rs examine
the statement, and mark you, all our estimates
of LAST years arrivals, are taken from Jones own
tabulated statement published In the T-U Of
1885.
Florida resorts. he has the unscrupulous audac-
ity to leave out altogether such leading houses
a. the Magnolia and the St Angus inc hotels,
as also the Casa Monica and St George whose
combined registers, st the lowest computation,
win foot up more than 1900 arrivals or enough
in themselves to make up his alleged deficiency
Take PALArKA- In Jones' estimate We 6nd
not the faintest mention Of the Putnam house,
the Saratoea and the Carleton, whose arrivals
by Jones' table of last year, footed over tsse1ss
6ousand The Putnam this year has had 1000
arrivals against 8, 800 last year.
" ~ if the Phenomenal City had been trans
ferred to the West Indies. and yet Jones' last
years table, recorded IA. 780 aryieazs for Orian-
do, and 1t is Q notorious fact that Orlando has
done better this year than ever before in it, his
tory. 49,.
Take SANFORD Last year Jones gave 1t a.
726 arivals- This year it doesntmention SAN
ford.
Take GREEN Cove SPRISe. Last year its ar-
rivals were given $500 This year Jones leaves
out the Clarendon, the St Clair. tho Magnolia
and Riverside.
Take EHTxRPRIE, Last year the Brock
house was given 1000 arrivals. This year it Is
Take WmTER PARK Last year 3,ee6. This
year the Seminole b ignored and 1t is given
nothing.
Take TALLAHASSEE, the very capital of the
State The Leon and ito other fine hotels are
ignored.
Take TAxPA. This has been really great
season for Tampa NJ. n. P. Courser, proprie-
tor Of the Plant hotel In that city, and also of
the Lake View house at Sunapee Lake, n H.,
was interviewed BY . Htruldsr this morning,
and expressed hls sense Of the Injustice done
Tampe 10 the aes Uass.s sssinei E; He gi,es
arrivals at the other houses 1t ,527. or 1887 as
the total register. The 1smss- Union last year
gave Tampa 3,O27
The splendid Magnolia on the 81. Johns, and
the Hibernia hotel are omitted from the -Us
estimate.
The Times Union's estimate also totally ig-
nores Murray Hall q Pablo, Fort George Hotel,
the hotels at Cedar Key. New Smyrna, DeLand,
Tavares and Crescent City (the last perhaps
through personal spite)
Now let rs foot up according to last years
table, the principa. omissions from this shame
less estimate: